MAMMA MIA! Welcomes Judy McLane, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar & More!

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Zak Resnick who will join Judy McLane as "Donna Sheridan" at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Monday, June 4, 2012.

As previously announced, after playing the role of "Tanya" for the past seven years, Broadway favorite Judy McLane (Chess, Kiss of the Spiderwoman) will assume the starring role of "Donna Sheridan," the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter's wedding

Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer, The Life) and Lauren Cohn (The Drowsy Chaperone tour) will star as "Tanya" and "Rosie," Donna's best friends and former back-up band known as "Donna and the Dynamos" who reunite on a Greek island for the wedding of Donna's daughter, Sophie.

Broadway veterans Aaron Lazar (A Little Night Music, Les Misérables), Daniel Cooney (9 to 5, Bonnie & Clyde) and Graham Rowat (Guys and Dolls, The Blue Flower) will star as "Sam Carmichael," "Bill Austin" and "Harry Bright," the trio of men from Donna's past who are Sophie's three possible dads.

Christy Altomare and Zak Resnick will both make their Broadway debuts opposite each other as bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan" and her fiancé "Sky."

Jacob Pinion continues as Sky's sidekick "Pepper." MAMMA MIA! also features Halle Morse as "Lisa" and Traci Victoria as "Ali," Sophie's best friends, and Andrew Chappelle as "Eddie."

Now celebrating 10 smash hit years on Broadway, MAMMA MIA! is one of the most successful musicals of all time anywhere in the world and is now 10th longest running show in Broadway history.

Seen by over 50 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 4,300 performances at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway's top selling musicals. The current North American Tour has played over 3,700 performances in over 150 cities with 145 repeat visits. The originAl West End production of MAMMA MIA! is now in its thirteenth year and has celebrated over 5,000 performances in London and the international tour has visited more than 74 foreign cities in 25 countries and been seen by over 4.3 million people. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of MAMMA MIA!, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million worldwide.

With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."

Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale of family and friendship unfolds on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Songs including "Dancing Queen"; "The Winner Takes It All"; "Money, Money, Money" and "Take A Chance on Me" are all featured in this feel-good night of fun and laughter.

Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, the creative team responsible for bringing MAMMA MIA! to theatrical life includes some of the most gifted and celebrated talents of musical theatre and opera. With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, MAMMA MIA! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd. MAMMA MIA! has choreography by Anthony Van Laast, production design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch.

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Christy Altomare (Sophie Sheridan) is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut. Credits include 'Wendla Bergman' in the first National Tour of Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: 'Sue Snell' in MCC's revival of Carrie (original cast recording). Regional credits include 'Jerusha Abbott' in John Caird and Paul Gordon's new musical Daddy Long Legs. TV: "The Big C." BFA in Musical Theater Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Songwriter/Recording Artist: christyaltomare.com.

Lauren Cohn (Rosie). Broadway Debut! Credits include: Glimpses of the Moon, MetroStage - 2011 Helen Hayes Award Nominee (Coral Hicks); The Drowsy Chaperone, Gateway Playhouse (Chaperone); up the week without a paddle, Neurotic Young Urbanites (Nora). TV/Film Credits include: "Bored To Death," "Royal Pains," "Desperate Housewives," "House," "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," "Monk," Morning Glory, Catch Me If You Can, Secretary, Legally Blonde II. Friends call her Coco.

Daniel Cooney (Bill Austin). Broadway credits include Les Misérables, Bonnie and Clyde, 9 to 5 (Dick). National Tours: Evita (Che), Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik), The Civil War. Regional: Signature Theatre - World Premiere of Nevermore (Poe) and Into the Woods (The Baker). Kennedy Center: Company (Peter). Yale Rep: Measure for Measure (Lucio). Producing Artistic Director of The Encore Musical Theatre Company and a graduate of The Yale School of Drama.

Felicia Finley (Tanya). Broadway: Smokey Joe's Cafe' (debut), The Life (April), Aida (Amneris), The Wedding Singer (Linda). Off-Broadway: The Wild Party, Forbbiden Broadway 2001 & SVU, Bubbly Black Girl, Disaster! (Jackie). Regional: Evita (Eva) Oqunquit, Damn Yankees (Lola opp. Andre' DeShields) Engeman, Garry Marshall's Happy Days (Pinky) Papermill. "Great Mood for a Tuesday" is her album that is being critically acclaimed as a relevant, incendiary rock effort that firmly brands Finley as a significant rock talent".

Aaron Lazar (Sam Carmichael). Broadway: A Little Night Music, Impressionism, Les Misérables revival (Drama Desk nomination), The Light in the Piazza, A Tale of Two Cities, Oklahoma!, The Phantom of the Opera. Film/TV: J.Edgar, Notorious Bettie Page, Company, "Person of Interest," "A Gifted Man," "Ugly Betty," "New Amsterdam," "White Collar" and O'Brady Shaw on IFC's "Onion News Network." Concerts: Company (NYPH), South Pacific (Hollywood Bowl), Carousel (Boston Pops); NYPops at Carnegie with Steven Reineke, National Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch, solo show at The Kennedy Center. Recent: Gentleman Prefer Blondes (Encores!) www.aaronlazar.com

Graham Rowat (Harry Bright). Broadway: Guys and Dolls, LoveMusik, Dracula, Beauty and the Beast. Off-Broadway:The Blue Flower (Second Stage), The Boys in the Band (Transport Group), The Minister's Wife (Lincoln Center Theater). Tours: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto), Les Misérables (US and China). Regional:The Game (Barrington Stage), Saved (Kansas City Rep), Forum (Williamstown Theatre Festival). TV: "The Good Wife," "Law & Order," "As the World Turns." Recordings: LoveMusik, Life Begins at 8:40, Sweet Bye and Bye (PS Classics). Husband to actress Kate Baldwin and father to Colin. grahamrowat.com

Zak Resnick (Sky). Broadway debut! Off-Broadway: Disaster (Chad); Lucky Guy (Billy Ray u/s) TV: "Elixir," ABC Family. Workshops: Irma La Douce (with Katie Holmes) directed by Rob Ashford, BARE: A Pop Opera (Jason), Dogfight (Fector), Blue Flower (Dada Man). Zak is heavily involved in the NYC concert scene, and has appeared on the stages of: Birdland Jazz, Joes's Pub, Carnegie Hall & more. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. Twitter: @zakresnick.

Judy McLane (Donna Sheridan) received critical acclaim for her performance as "Vienna" in Johnny Guitar Off-Broadway (Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance in the Theater). Most recently, she starred as "Diana" in Next to Normal at the Pioneer Theater. She starred as "Donna" in the feature film Were the World Mine and character vocals for the movie Lucky Stiff by Ahrens & Flaherty. Ms. McLane has appeared on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Aspects of Love and Chess. Her national and international tours include "the Baker's Wife" in Into the Woods, "the Narrator" in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond, "Mrs. Baskin" in Big and Side By Side By Sondheim. Other favorite roles include: "Phyllis" in Follies (Signature Theater, Helen Hayes nomination), "Eva Peron" in Evita, the title character in Victor/Victoria, "Aldonza" in Man of La Mancha, Luisa in Nine, "Nancy" in Oliver!, "Florence" in Chess, "Lily" in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paper Mill Playhouse), "Fiona" in Brigadoon, "Milly" in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (St. Louis Muny), "Mrs. Walker" in Tommy, "Rebecca" in Rags (American Musical Theater of San Jose), "Mary Magdalene" in Jesus Christ Superstar (Sacramento Music Circus), and "Ann" in 1940's Radio Hour (Repertory Theater of St. Louis), "Isabella" in Wuthering Heights (Olney Playhouse) and "Lucy" in Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde (Casa Manana). As a soloist, Ms. McLane performs the music of Gershwin, Berlin, Webber and Big Band with many symphony orchestras including the Bolshoi Orchestra in Moscow, the National Orchestra of Lyon, France, National Symphony of Canada, National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Worth, Indianapolis, Memphis, Milwaukee, Naples, Oklahoma City, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Seattle, St. Louis, Southwest Florida, Toronto, and Chuatauqua Symphony Orchestras and Chess in Concert at Carnegie Hall among many others. Television includes "Guiding Light" and "Another World." She can be heard on the recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundance the Musical,
The May Who Would be King and Storyville. www.judymclane.com.

For tickets, schedule and information about MAMMA MIA!: www.mammamianorthamerica.com